Lone Star (1952)

Director:

Vincent Sherman

Writers:

Borden Chase (writer)
Howard Estabrook (story)

Release Date:

8 February 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!

Plot:

Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted...

Plot Keywords:

Senator | Texas | Female Reporter | Rival | Independence

Cast

Clark Gable	...	Devereaux Burke
Ava Gardner	...	Martha Ronda
Broderick Crawford	...	Thomas Craden
Lionel Barrymore	...	Andrew Jackson
Beulah Bondi	...	Minniver Bryan
Ed Begley	...	Anthony Demmet
James Burke	...	Luther Kilgore
William Farnum	...	Tom Crockett
Lowell Gilmore	...	Captain Elliott
Moroni Olsen	...	Sam Houston
Russell Simpson	...	Maynard Cole
William Conrad	...	Mizette
Lucius Cook	...	Seth Moulton
Ralph Reed	...	Bud Yoakum
Ric Roman	...	Gurau

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved | Sweden:15 | Canada:PG

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

George Hamilton's first movie.

Quotes:

Devereaux Burke: Texas is a lot bigger than most all the states of the union, and grows beautiful women too.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV)

Historic events and great action as well as a first rate cast

This big budget western deals about cattle baron Deveraux(Clark Gable) who his assigned by Andrew Jackson(Lionel Barrymore)to convince Sam Houston for union Texas to United States. A fiery newspaper editor(Ava Gardner) is the women between Deveraux and and the bad guy, Craden(Broderick Crawford). Deveraux must fight senators state(Crawford, Ed Begley, Russell Simpson) for union to United States.

This exciting picture about Texas fights for independence contains action Western, drama , historical happenings, love story and is quite entertaining. Based on a screenplay by Borden chase, a Western expert. Gorgeous Ava Gardner as an intrepid journalist as well as Clark Gable's love interest. Film debut for George Hamilton and secondary acting by William Conrad and Ed Begley. The motion picture is well directed by Vincent Sherman.Also available in horrible computer colorized version.

It's partially based on historical deeds about Texas independence, these are the following : With Mexican permission Stephen Austin brought the first Anglo-American colonists to Texas, the first of many, their numbers grew and they wanted self-government and this desire led to the revolt of 1835, the Texas war for Independence. General Santa Anna, stormed the Alamo, and wiped out the garrison on 6 March 1836. But on 21 April 1836 General Santa Anna suffered a crushing defeat by Sam Houston and was taken prisoner. Texas was declared a Republic in October 1836 and Houston became its first president. In 1845 Texas joined the US, this lead to war with Mexico and disastrous results for that country. Samuel Houston(1793-1863)well performed by Moroni Olsen, was a frontiersman and politician , he went to live with the Cherokees and took a Cherokee wife. After the fall of the Alamo, he managed to keep together a small force and launched a furious surprise attack on the Mexican army of 1300 camped on the western bank of the San Jacinto River. With Texas free and independent republic, Houston was elected the first president. When Texas was admitted to the United States in 1845, Houston was a senator to Washington.